The past several days along Druid Hill Creek have been unusually cold and unusually snowy. This morning the mercury hovered below zero at daybreak, and a new inch of snow had fallen overnight. The next several days are likely to be the coldest in several years, with high temperatures staying in the negatives. Although it would be great to be someplace warm, we're seasoned northerners and simply hunker down when these clear and icy days come at the end of the season.
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"Winter Woods," silverpoint on panel, 2020
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Here is a group of silverpoint drawings from almost exactly one year ago, when the snows had accumulated across the creek. The drifts weren't as deep as they are now, the early February 2010 was plenty cold and bleak. Silverpoint is a medium that fits winter like a polar sweater--warm-toned lines and hatching in a monchromatic world.
Although I haven't returned to metalpoint drawing for nearly a year, these make me want to get out my stylus.
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"Spruce in the Snow," silverpoint on panel, 2020
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"Last of the Snow," silverpoint on panel, 2020
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